Collapsible box



I May 8, 1928.

J. w. MARTIN COLLAPSIBLE BOX Filed June 5, 1925 latented May 8, 1928.

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB '10. JOANNES BROS. COI- PANY, OI GREENBAY, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed me 5, 1925. Serial No. 35,114.

The invention relates to a receptacle, and more especially to containersknown as cheese boxes.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a box of thischaracter, wherein the body thereof is cut and folded in a particularmanner, so as to accommodate a slice of cheese, the body being normallyin knockdown condition, and is readily set up for re- 1o ceiving thepiece of cheese.

" Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a box of thischaracter, wherein the same when set up for 'use is neat in appearance,to occupy the least possible space, the body being readily and easilyfolded into shape to receive the slice of cheese.

A further object of the invention is the" provision of a box of thischaracter, wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so thatwhen the same is set upto contain the code it will not bulge and thesides will not all out of place, and thus permit the transportatlon ofthe contents of the box with safety.

A still further object of theinvention is the provision of a box of thischaracter, which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughlyreliable and efiicient in its purose, strong, durable, apsible, andinexpensive to manufacture.

With these and. other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom anying drawing,and pointed out in the c aim hereuntoappended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fi re 1, is a plan new of the blank from whic the box is formed byfolding.

Figure 2, is a perspective view of the box folded and set up for use.

' Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views in the drawing.

Referringto the drawing in detail, the box body A, comprises a front .5,similar back 6, an intermediate narrow portion co-extensive and when notin use will be fiat, so as light in weight, 001- with the width of thefront and back to conar shape,

and have their smaller ends directed toward the shallow end 7 ofthe bodOn the back 6, is a top 10, gaving a front overlapping tongue 11, whileon the side flaps 8, at their outer wider ends are end tongues 12, whichare foldable on score or crease lines 13, and likewise the side flapsS,and 9, are foldable on crease lines 14.

The front and back 5, and 6, are foldable on crease lines 15, and 16,relative to the smaller end 7 which latter has bendable ears 17,foldable on crease lines 18, to lie between the side flaps 8, and 9,when the bod of the box has been set up for use.

T e top 10, is foldable on crease line 19, and likewise the overlappingtongue 11, is foldable on crease line 20, while carried by the front'o,and secured centrally to the-inner face thereof, preferably b theclincher spurs 21, .is a metal fastening e ement 22, the spurs being cutand struck from the same, and the free end of this element projectsbeyond the free edge of the front 5, and is adapted to be received in aslot'23, formed centrally in the crease line 20,50 that on bending thiselement after havin been passed through the slot 23, outwar y andownwardly, the top 10, will be secured in closed position.-

It is understood that the box in its entirety is made from a blank Bwhich consists of a piece of relatively stiff sheet material, of the reuired thickness such for instance, as card oard, or the like, and is outinto proper shape, and provided with the score lines or crease lines andvarious portions hereinbefore set forth in detail, which are folded onsaid score or crease lines in forming the box, all the portions of thebox beipg formed from a unitary piece of mater1a In the use of the boxthe body A, is normally flat, and the sides 8, and 9 are folded at rightangles to the front and back 5, and 6, which latter are folded towardeach other at an angle to one another as shown in Figure 1, o thedrawing, the earspl7, having been folded to lie between the side flaps8, and 9, which overlap "each other, and in this position the bodywillhouse a piece of cheese of segment shape or wedge form, and such cheesebeing within' the bod the end tongues lol 12 are next folded inwa y, andthereafter by the latter.-

-What is claimed is:

A collapsible box of the kind described made from a single pieceofmaterial having the required stifiness, com rising front, back. sides,top and end, the en bein of considerably less depth than the top anhaving flaps, the sides being arranged in airs coextensive flaps, thesides at their endsadacent to the flaps being of a depthcorrespondinglythereto, tongues on the pair of sides coextensive withback and adapted to be-tucked behind the top, a tongue on the top andinsertable between the tucked portion of the last named tongues andfront, and a. bendable element on the inner face of the front andErojected centrally therefrom and adapted to e passed through the topfor the turning of sald ele-- ment exteriorly over front.

I ntestimony whereof I afiix'my signature.

with the front and back an tapered toward each other and adapted tooverlie the end JAMES w. MARTIN.

